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George Henry Townsend (S&B 1908)

Yale University. Skull and Bones. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

WW2 - Industrial War Service.[2]

1935 to 1954, bought the M. M. Davis & Sons boat yard in Solomons, Md, and began themanufacture of custom power boars, including the Cruis-alongs. He turned over the company to its employees on his retirement.[5]

President of the Power Boat Association for three terms and twice won the top prize in power boating, the Gold Cup, with his speedboat Greenwich Folly.[5]

to Jul 1929 - President, Motometer Co (NY).[2] (met Harrison Boyce an inventor who had made a thermometer for automobile cooling systems Townsend capital went in the Motometer Company, formed to produce and market the device. It was used on many early cars, and Mr. Townsend purchased the National Gauge and Equipment Company, which manufactured dashboard panels for autos. He sold his interests for a sum reported as \(2million in July 1929 (\)30million in 2019))

WW1 - Industrial War Service.[2]

1908 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]

Founder of the Yale Automobile Club.

Died 18 Feb 1957, from Heart Attack. Age 73.[5]

Note: Son of Judge William K. Townsend of the United States Court of Appeals and grandson of James Mulford Townsend (S&B 1874), who backed the successful attempt of “Colonel” Edwin Drake to drill the first oil well in the United States in 1859 - he became an early auto-mobile manufacturer.[5]

Son of Townsend (S&B 1874), James Mulford Townsend Jr (S&B 1908) was also in the same year.

[1] - America’s Secret Establishment. An Introduction to the Order of Skull and Bones by Antony C. Sutton 2004

[1b] - Free older version. Please buy author publications.

[1c] - Backup

[2] - Fleshing Out Skull & Bones - Investigations into America’s Most Powerful Secret Society 2008 by Antony Sutton, Howard Altman, Kris Millegan, Dr Ralph Bunch, Anton Chaitkin and Webster Griffin Tarpley

[2b] - Free older version. Please buy author publications.

[2c] - Backup version:

[4] - Google Drive - S&B Obituaries

[5] - G.H. TOWNSEND, SPEEDBOAT RACER; Ex-Manufacturer of Power Craft Dies—Put Up Capital for Auto Gauge Concern With Motometer Company